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50 Cent on a time when he and Beyoncé had beef:  - "One time [Beyoncé] jumped off of a ledge and came running over cause she thought me and Jay had issues. And I'm like, 'What the f***? Did she really just jump and run up on me like that?'" (Photo: Robin Marchant/Getty Images)

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Kevin Hart on the controversy he caused by tweeting that light-skinned women have better credit that dark-skinned women:  - “Listen, that was just me being silly on Twitter, playing on a trending topic. Some people were offended by it, but that’s always a risk with comedy. “ (Photo: Greg Campbell/Getty Images for Sony Pictures Entertainment)

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Kenny Leon on the importance of Tupac:  - "He is a great American artist. He belongs in the army of writers with August Wilson and Shakespeare even." (Photos from left: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, Valerie Macon/Getty Images)

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Lupe Fiasco on whether or not Kendrick Lamar is the best lyricist in hip hop:  - "Lyrically, I don't think [Lamar is the best]. To me, MF Doom is the best. I think the level of lyricism has to be extremely high and it has to be something that is inarguable." (Photo: DJDM/WENN.com)

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William Nicholson on why America paid attention to 12 Years a Slave over his film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom:  - "I think it worked superbly. But [Americans] were so exhausted feeling guilty about slavery that I don't think there was much left over to be nice about our film. So our film didn't do as well as we'd hoped, which was a bit heartbreaking." (Photo:  Ben Stevens/Barcroft Media /Landov)

Photo By Ben Stevens/Barcroft Media /Landov

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Wiz Khalifa on how he took a selfie while being held at an El Paso jail:  - "They didn't search me enough, so I took a selfie in jail." (Photo: Wiz Khalifa via Twitter)

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Janet Mock on whose “coming out” moment inspired her:  - “The biggest coming out in pop culture that inspired me was RuPaul. I think I was in the sixth grade when I first saw him. His posters were everywhere for the MAC campaign: at the cosmetics counters; throughout the malls. There’s this huge, Black, unapologetic drag queen.”  (Photo: D Dipasupil/Getty Images)

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Antoine Dodson on how he'd feel if his son grew up to be gay:  - “I wouldn’t be shocked because I lived that life before. I would try and get him help. Even if he couldn’t be fixed it doesn’t matter because I still support him no matter what.” (Photo: Michael Buckner/SAs 2013/Getty Images)

Photo By Michael Buckner/SAs 2013/Getty Images

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Billy Porter on being Black and gay:  - “Being Black and gay, period, is one of the hardest things on the planet.”  (Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

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Monifah on saying she was “closeted in the ‘90s":  - “When I say I was closeted in the ‘90s, I meant I was living my life: dating who I wanted to date whether it was a man or a woman. Whoever I liked I dated. It just wasn’t public.” (Photo: WENN)

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Brittney Griner on the labels: - “I’m definitely comfortable with it. I’ll yell it from the top of the roof — I am a lesbian. I am gay.” (Photo: John Medina/WireImage)

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Rasheeda on why she stayed with hubby Kirk after he cheated:  - “People make mistakes and bad things happen. I make mistakes; he makes mistakes. Sometimes you have to step back and you have to say, ‘OK, let me reevaluate this situation.’ That doesn’t always mean divorce.” (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Glamour)